[Bug 1218506] [NEW] [FFE] Add disk formating support for Cloud-init

[Ben Howard]

Public bug reported:

This is a feature freeze exception for Cloud-init for Saucy. The
SmartOS/Joyent datasource needs to format the ephemeral device. In order
to do this properly, cloud-init needs to be capable of partitioning and
formating the ephemeral device.

The required change will be to add to cloud-init's configuration modules
"cc_disk_format.py", which will handle basic disk partitioning and
formating. Additionally, new documentation will land. The decision over
whether or not to format will be controlled by user-data and/or a built-
in datasource.

The impact of not having support for disk formating is that on
SmartOS/Joyent hosts, the ephemeral device will not be prepared.

Benefits:
- SmartOS/Joyent ephemeral disks will be formated at provisioning time
- Users will be able to define the filesystesm of the ephemeral disks

** Affects: cloud-init (Ubuntu)
     Importance: High
         Status: New


** Tags: cloud-images cloud-init

** Description changed:

  This is a feature freeze exception for Cloud-init for Saucy. The
  SmartOS/Joyent datasource needs to format the ephemeral device. In order
  to do this properly, cloud-init needs to be capable of partitioning and
  formating the ephemeral device.
  
  The required change will be to add to cloud-init's configuration modules
  "cc_disk_format.py", which will handle basic disk partitioning and
  formating. Additionally, new documentation will land. The decision over
- whether or not to format
+ whether or not to format will be controlled by user-data and/or a built-
+ in datasource.
  
  The impact of not having support for disk formating is that on
  SmartOS/Joyent hosts, the ephemeral device will not be prepared.
  
  Benefits:
  - SmartOS/Joyent ephemeral disks will be formated at provisioning time
  - Users will be able to define the filesystesm of the ephemeral disks

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  [FFE] Add disk formating support for Cloud-init

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